People
Those who work to bring you UMS performances every year.
Staff
Administration & Finance
Patron Services Office
Development
Margaret “Marnie” Reidmarnreid@umich.edu
Lisa Michiko Murraylmmurray@umich.edu
Education & Community Engagement
Marketing & Communications
Production / Programming
Choral Union
For questions about your ticket order, or general inquiries: umstix@umich.edu
For information about group discounts: umsgroupsales@umich.edu
For questions about youth performances and other K-12 programs: umsyouth@umich.edu
For questions about ushering at UMS performances: fohums@umich.edu
For questions about making a gift to UMS: umsgiving@umich.edu
To request a UMS ticket donation for an upcoming community auction or event, please fill out our online request form: https://ums.requestitem.com/
Board
Sarah Nicoli, Chair
Tim Petersen, Vice chair
Mark Clague, Secretary
Lisa D. Cook, Treasurer
Rachel Bendit
Christopher Conlin
Monique Deschaine
Tiffany L. Ford
Katherine Goldberg
Richard F. Gutow
Stephen Henderson
Daniel Herwitz
Ibrahim (Abe) Jarjoura
Timothy Johnson
Barbara A. Kaye
Christina Kim
Timothy G. Lynch
Agnes Moy-Sarns
Martin Philbert
William Shell
Knut A. Simonsen
Linh Song
Gail Ferguson Stout
Victor J. Strecher
Karen Jones Stutz
Rob VanRenterghem
Ex-officio Members:
Kevin Hegarty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, U-M
Mark Schlissel, President, U-M
Jeanice Kerr Swift, Superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools
Stephen R. Forrest, Past Chair
A. Douglas Rothwell, Corporate Council Chair
Bruce Tuchman, National Council Chair
James C. Stanley and Maxine J. Frankel, Campaign Co-Chairs
Ambassadors
If you are passionate about the arts and would like to connect deeply with UMS, Ambassadors may be a great match for you.
More than 60 members of the UMS Ambassadors work to increase awareness of and participation in UMS programs through assisting UMS staff with projects and special events, ushering at UMS school-day performances, hosting unique community events, helping to creating partnerships with various U-M and community groups, and providing support to UMS in countless other ways. UMS Ambassadors are the champions of UMS’s community engagement mission.
William Shell, Chair
Zita Gillis, Vice Chair
Kirsten Williams, Secretary
Arlene Barnes, Treasurer
Louise Taylor, Past Chair
Karen Bantel
Astrid Beck
Connie Rizzolo Brown
Melissa Bruzzano
Richard Chang
Mike Dergis
Susan DiStefano
Annemarie Kilburn Dolan
Gloria J. Edwards
Joan Grissing
Stephanie Hale
Joan Kadis
Carol Kaplan
Kendra Kerr
Freddi Kilburn
Susan Krueger
Michael Lee
Linda Fink Levy
Gloria K. Lewis
Laura Machida
Katie Malicke
Rita Malone
Daria Massimilla
Patti McCloud
Beth McNally
Terry Meerkov
Judy Moskus
Marjorie Oliver
Betty Palms
Julie Picknell
Katie Przygocki
Kathy Rich
Arlene P. Shy
Elena Snyder
Susan Snyder
Pam Tabbaa
Janet Torno
Kirsten Williams
Wendy K. Zellers
National Council
Rachel Bendit, Co-Chair
Ann Arbor
Bruce Tuchman, Co-Chair
New York
Wynton Marsalis, Honorary Co-Chair
Andrew Bernstein
New York
Maurice Binkow
Ann Arbor
Kenneth A. and Noreen Buckfire
New York
Kathleen Charla
San Diego
Jacqueline Davis
New York
Marylene Delbourg–Delphis
Menlo Park and Pebble Beach
John Edman
Ann Arbor and Petoskey
Janet Eilber
New York
Barbara G. Fleischman
New York
Maxine Frankel
Bloomfield Hills
Katherine Hein
Boston
David Heleniak
New York
Patti Kenner
New York
Wallis Klein
La Jolla and Charlevoix
Jerry and Dale Kolins
Escondido
David Leichtman and Laura McGinn
New York
Jordan Morgan
Ann Arbor
Caroline Nussbaum
New York
Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga
New York
James Read
Stamford
Herbert Ruben
New York
James and Nancy Stanley
Ann Arbor
Christian Vesper
New York
Clayton and Ann Wilhite
Ann Arbor
We also acknowledge the service of Charles Hamlen and Eugene Grant, who both served on the National Council and passed away in 2018.